Going Back to AbiWord was Automatic

Going Back to AbiWord was Automatic

My experiment with LibreOffice has come to an end. 

It is given lot of headache.

It all started with me erasing all my book file in one night.

I have reinstalled Emmabanuts, Ubuntu and two versions of Debian (old and new editions of version 15) in two SATA disks

In that process I erased the Home Partition ( I generally do not erase my home partition to save files).

I needed a clean sheet for year 2023.

All the books I had old copes saved in a 2 GB USB stick except the last copy of the book on Linux Fundamentals,

I have had this accident 5 years ago when I erased the entire hard disk of our PC.

Now I work with a NUC which is new to me and has not yet mastered the Visual BIOS to mount external USB sticks in succession.

It was all fore good. I need to learn lot of new things happening in Linux especially the Systemd and the old SystemV  init processes and also how the Kernel is developing in very rapid speed.

With the Christmas only four weeks away everything in the developer world is going to come to a halt or if not to slow grinding pace.

I have only to download SparkyLinuxGameOver and I did not want to waste my data and decided to gather all the pieces in my blog site for editing into a book format.

Few trials with LibreOffice, especially formatting and spell checking got me to a grinding slow pace.

So I went back to to AbiWord and in three hours non stop I got all the files in one place.I did have problem with spell checking but after a time in the web it automatically connected me to the Web Spell checker of AbiWord.

AbiWord is only 28 MB and it does not have bulky built in dictionary. It has a spell checker as a cloud utility, I believe.

I was more involved in getting the precise page formatting not so much the spelling. Besides I have all my dictionaries by the side of me. So going back to AbiWord was, say the least saved me lot of hours,

Thank You AbiWord.

wattOS

wattOS

Web site: planetwatt.com (not active)
Origin: USA
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: i3, LXDE
Architecture: x86, x86_64
Based on: Ubuntu
Wikipedia:
Media: Live CD
The last version | Released: R13 | December 30, 2023
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wattOS – a lightweight Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, targeted to users of “old” computers. The system uses a very lightweight pekwm window manager by default, while maintaining good functionality of the entire system. wattOS with pekwm (microwatt) desktop is available for 32 bit machines.

The developer also offers two versions of the distribution with LXDE and MATE desktops.
Both are available for 32 and 64 bit machines.

As of R8 released in May 2014, wattOS has been ported from Ubuntu to Debian of the stable branch. “Microwatt” desktop has been changed from Pekwm to Openbox.

wattOS R9 is back based on Ubuntu and the microwatt version comes with the i3 window manager.

 

Regarding WattOS Booting

This is just to report that wattOS does not have EFI partition to boot from my 64 bit computer.

It has only Legacy OS booting and BIOS GRUB does not configure.

It is 64 bit and live booting is OK.

It has adopted the Debian Calamaris Installation.

I looked through all the options and it has no EFI configuration file but the Debian Big Daddy has EFI tool and I installed it new in my SATA hard disk of 120 GB and is working fine but has only Plasma Desktop.

Hope the hard working developers of Watt OS take a leaf out of the pages of 4M Linux and adopt their boat loader.

4M Linux is sleek small footprint Linux and I have used it in the past.

I have used wattOS back in 32 bit age but have never tried it's 64 bit version in install mode.

I am going to take a break from Linux testing for a while and would be finishing my book on Linux Fundamental soon.

I have misplaced or erased the last copy of it and may have to redo the file.

Small is Beautiful in Linux

Small is Beautiful in Linux

Yes all my work is done on two 360 GB SATA Hard Disks and 4 Linux distributions.

Number one is

1. Emmabantus

It took a little while to get my Email signed in.

Gmail does a good job in verifying it through my cracked cellphone (liquid crystal - I dropped it on the cement floor) I won't watch the Football matches to save electricitybut the scares and summary of the matches are displaced on a corner.

Thank You Emmabantus.

 

2.Number two is Ubuntu for Wireless protocol with 4G and GRUB boot Loader.

 

3. Number three is Debian for its Plasma desktop 

 

4. Number 4 is Old Edition of Debian 11.10.2.1.. for its assortment of desktops to choose at boot time.

 

Let me not forget the others.

1. Puppy Linux with its nw editions.

2. Knoppix from 7.7 to current 9.1.

3. Endless OS for its assortment of packages in cellphone like desktop.

4. PCLinux Dark edition (not yet downloaded)

5. Sparky Linux Game Over-currently downloading.

 

Let me say few words about bad Linux Distributions.

All my life I have erased only oe from my collection.

It is DeepIn from China. It is horrible. Do not try it.

 

Calculate Linux from Russia- I will download it when I replenish my Data Package.

 

Mageia Linux for not having a Live CD/DVD. I come from Mandrake and Mandriva I wish they produce a Live Version for testing I have no intention of installing it.

Wireless Saga with Linux Distributions

Ever since, I disconnected the Ethernet Wire nearly 100 feet long over our roof (due to a faulty portion which I could not locate), I was looking for Wireless Solutions.

Besides, I could have fallen off the roof and would have broken my legs just to to get the Internet Connection.

I have become much wiser my entire working table, mouse and the keyboard are wireless and all are running Under Linux with tiny Intel NUC7-- having only 4 USB ports.

1. One I connected to my External SATA Disk running Emmabantus, plus an old version of Debian 11.

It is in the charging port.

2. The second front USB port, I connected to a short extension cord for testing USBs  (all the Linux distribution that I have collected over 20 years).

More about it later piece.

3. Third port is stuck with a USB wireless plug that links to the mouse and the keyboard.

I am left with one USB port that can charge a device connected  to it (I disabled the charging facility using Visual BIOS).
Visual BIOS is also lot of learning.

Disabling charging port save electricity and overheating.

This I have tentatively connected to the external SATA Disk which needs power.

4. I thought I  have one USB port left to fiddle.
That intention was shirt lived.
My belief was the Dialog Mobile WiFi would sit on the NUC without needing a USB port.

Nearly 24 hours of working with the Dialog Mobile WiFi, I come to the conclusion that it needs to be connected to the remaining USB port both for power and connectivity.

No real WiFi.

It took a long time for me to figure out the proper layout, so I could only leave UEFI compatible USBs on the desk and the rest to a plastic box to be kept near my comparatively old but 64 bit -PC.

I am finishing a book on Linux Fundamentals and the real critical analysis of Linux distribution will appear on that book.

1. For Wireless capability only Ubuntu 21-10 gets the gold award  (for real 4G connectivity).

2. All the others provide only 3G Dongle connectivity.

That is also not automatic but a little bit of tweeking is necessary.

That includes latest Debian and the old Debian needs an Ethernet Wire for sure (I tried to fiddle during installing to configure wireless but I could not).

Emmabantus with trial and error, I managed to get the 4G Wireless running.

I have no hesitation of recommending Emmabantus over  Debian.

Unlike Ubuntu it has lot of utilities including the provision for MultiSystem USB sticks (for testing).

That is why one need to try several Linux Distributions to get all what one needs.

In my case.
1. Debian new version. Only Plasma desktop.
2. Ubuntu is essential for configuring EFI and GRUB.
3. Emmabantus for utilities.
4. Old Debian for all the desktop types I used to love.

Corona Virus Saga and Vaccine Deaths Under Biden's Administration

Corona Virus Saga and Vaccine Deaths Under Biden's Administration

This is something CNN and Dr. Sanjaya Gupta failed to address (WHO and U.N.O bosses are diverting attention on Environmental Issues to avoid liability).

1. Lots of children under five who had the faulty vaccine are dying in USA and UK and they are trying to cover it up with the coincidental Respiratory Syncytial Virus which is fatal to Premature or S.C.I.U babies (in my experience in the old days), not any child under 5.

2. In USA and UK, lot of the elderly over 65 years who had the faulty vaccine are dying prematurely.

One PM  of UK was known to have said, that it is OK, only the old guys are dying and less expenses for the N.H.S.

3. The Emergency Use Authorization was used by big Pharma companies to bypass the normal safety protocols.

Biden administration who came to power in the backdrop of CDC chairman's shoddy deals (Undermining even President Trump's Presidential powers with sarcasm) is responsible for the millions of deaths due to the Faulty Vaccine that could have been prevented if proper field trials were allowed.

I almost kicked the bucket (myocarditis) due to the faulty vaccine but still have skeletal muscle effects 2 years after (it effects the skeletal muscles, even lifting a bucket of water is a strain for my arms).

Fortunately it did not effect my higher centers and my fingers are working properly (especially because of the frequent use of the keyboard) to blog a piece almost on daily basis until my data package is over.

Shifting the blame to old age phenomena and alcohol is also a bizarre diversion tactic.

These are the very same people who voted for the democratic party who are dying in record numbers and Republican Party should be happy and wise to wait for two years for more of the Democratic Voters to die including some old codgers in the Senate.

In Ceylon lot of elderly died due to vaccination (thankfully children were not given the vaccine) program and the regime was ousted.

But "Kaputa and Kerala Regime" is running the show and they even fear to hold provincial elections.

Why I hate CNN and some of its Reporters?

Why I hate CNN and some of its Reporters?

I am not a journalist but a critical analyst all my life.

I started analyzing doctors to begin with.

Yes doctors do lot of lying in their career but we have a system in place where the doctor's name can be erased from the Register for life.

Also practicing doctors have to register once every 2 to 5 years and pay a fee for that.

I did not register for 22 years (I do not practice now) and I am writing here as a layman.

There is no formal registration for journalists in Ceylon.

Anybody can become journalist by proxy.

Just like x-lensky in Ukraine who is a master of fake information.

This is where CNN falls in and their journalists become fodder for the propagenda of the Democratic party.

It is by proxy an extension of the Democratic party. 

Democratic party pay masters may have a stake at CNN as a company but they should leave the journalists to do the reporting with their own skills.

CNN used to be independent many moons ago and I shifted from BBC to CNN and they had reporters coming from all over the world unlike BBC.

I listen to BBC for only cricket news and after Jeffry Boycott retired from ( I like the Yorkshire accent) commentating on cricket, I said Good Bye to BBC.

Of course now, the BBC is an extension of the Prime Minister's office.

British Council was an independent organization promoting education and its publishers.

It is no more but now more interested in Teaching English (big failure).

They used to have a meeting once a month in its premises.

They used to dish out foreign alcohol liberally and I used to see non members of the library mixing with members (when they misbehave I tell the security guards to check the membership and throw them out).

It is all right enjoying food and drink but respecting it as an educational institute should not be forgotten.

This is the entry point to criticizing CNN and its current reporters.

They are "punch drunk" politically and there is no independent reporting at all.

Some of the reporters I hate now.

I can predict what they are going to say.

They have only  Donald Trump to bash. 

It is said even bad publicity is good in politics and Donald Trump without spending money capitalizing at CNN's expense!

The Russia-Phobia is in my estimate is a very serious paranoid disorder.

Why not say something about great Russian culture and how beautiful the landscape is.

Unlike USA streets are not litter full.

It is pretty obvious the reporting is biased and one sided.

No wonder CNN's rating has plummeted down drastically and I do not feel sorry for them.

It came to a point I only look at only the BBC weather reporting (after the fact and we have already experienced the bad weather and for me looking at the sky is enough to predict what is to come).

The same old weather reporters, now already grand mothers are reporting.

I save my electricity bill and switch off the TV the moment the news is telecasted.

Luckily there are alternative YouTube channels coming out thick and fast (already fed up American and British citizens sponsoring them). 

One can watch them when one is free and no need to wait for prime time news.

Cellphone industry has grown 1000 times more than the Television.

When coconut prices go up we know it instantaneously.

No need to talk about powdered milk and stocks are full and packets are becoming smaller (due to price hike) by the day and very soon we have packets like salad cream or tomato sauce.

Why CNN not highlighting the price hike and suffering of ordinary people due to gas pipe blown up by the British?

Are they scared of losing their perks for politicizing the news?

Fox news and Australian Sky news I had been boycotting for ages.

Boycotting CNN is the natural progression.

In desperation I shifted to AL-Jassera news outlet, which is not bad at all.

Linux Tracker Archive

 Linux Tracker Archive

I have to mention a few important points here.

I strongly discourage point to point download of Linux Iso images for good reason. If the link breaks down in a point to point download and a few files (one has to do a checksum) are broken in the chain, one is left with a corrupt Iso image. It won’t boot or install. 

This is where trying a Live CD or DVD is important for a newbie.

File corruption does not happen with Torrent Downloads.

All the long standing distributions, some of them which are dysfunctional today have contributed to Linux Tracker Archive, a Stable Torrent Image before they wound up the operations. So one can download and test them at leisure, even if they are inactive. I had the habit of downloading Linux images from Linux Tracker Archive for testing purposes. 

My idea was to build an archive of old the distributions I downloaded. I still have over 800 Isos (mostly 32 bit) in my collection gathering dust. When Linux Tracker came into existence, it took a big burden from my head.

For few years, I did not visit this site.

I was looking for Gparted and SparkyLinuxGameOver images to download and I ended up going back to their archive and found it is still doing a yeoman service, free of charge. 

By the way, this is different from www.distrowatch.com which highlights distributions according to page hits. So some of the distributions are not listed in www.distrowatch.com, whereas all the distributions posted in LinuxTracker site remain there for ever.

The latest images are posted in pages I, 2 and 3 and the older on 4,5, 6, 7 etc, with the date of the posting mentioned. Not only Linux but BSD images are also posted at this site.

The Redhat based CentOS community stopped developing the distribution abruptly, However, AlmaLinux community kept on following the tradition with a new brand name. Linux distributions going inactive is completely normal but there are enough derivatives that continue to expand from the point of the last release (of inaction).

Biden's Presidency, Is it worth writing about him / it?

Biden's Presidency, Is it worth writing about him / it?

When history is written by independent historians (unless he has got money from the Democratic Party to write- that is the usual case in American Politics), there is nothing much to write about him, except he remained as the Vice President (while his son was doing shoddy things in Ukraine like Barisma) quite impotent.

He was born to be politically impotent, that is what the MIC or Military Industrial Complex wants, any would be Democratic or Republican politician to be in White House.

Anybody who question the MIC is taken to task and that is probably what happened to President Trump.

He has his own undoing, it is for the Republican Party to find an escape goat and until President Trump came into politics from a business background Republicans were in total slumber.

1. President Biden did sweet nothing to promote himself. 

He was impotent, in that sense.

2. It was the CDC, Chair Person who catapulted him to politics by giving dead ropes to the White House and President Trump.

3. For his fault President being a businessman thought CDC Guy was credible.

President Trump should not have trusted him and should have his own credible guy's to advice him on WHO and Public Health matters.

After all he is the President of America and can has his own cabinet of experts unlike in UK.

He did not Mike Pence was yes man under him.

He was slimy little Italian guy who played politics with the pandmic.

4. If not for him President Biden would not have surfaced with Mrs, Clinton doing some bidding in the Democratic party.

5. What President Biden did was to hijack (that is what all politicians in the opposition do) Republican party's proposals, as they came from his own brain.

6. Biden has no diplomatic brain at all.

The way he treated President Putin will come to hurt America diplomatically for many more years to come.

For his part President Putin tried to mend fences with the West.

He was very caustious.

If not for Biden's lack of long term diplomatic vision President Putin would never have invaded Ukraine.

The cautious guy became belligerent.

7. His additional paranoia with China made even Xi Jing Ping become assertive.

It would have been Xi coming to America to divest his silicone dream.

What is happening is they are becoming less dependent on American chips and are currently implementing, secretly though, an ambitious silicone chip manufacturing complexes / plants (in multiples) in mainland China.

I do not carry a brief for Putin or Trump or Xi but when history is wrriten in real context those points I have raised above will have to be scrutinized carefully.

Americas downfall and emergence of BRICS are almost simultaneous, in my belief.

Small country like Ceylon cannot buy high-tech-stuff only from the West.

NUC from Intel may be the last  that I may be able to purchase.

We have to look for cheaper and alternative choises.

It has already begun with the food crisis looming.

Kari Lake, Mild Trumpism (Truism), Dissent of Minorities, Cricket, Crickets, Mosquitoes and the Environment

Kari Lake, Mild Trumpism (Truism), Dissent of Minorities, Cricket, Crickets, Mosquitoes and the Environment

It is a lot to cover but all are inter connected and never integrated.

I am in the process of writing a book on mosquitoes.

This time with a difference.

I am writing everything good about mosquitoes, not necessarily in evolutionary terms.

In UK and USA all emigrants are despised like mosquitoes.

Why?

It is all about Racism and White is Superior Mentality ingrained in the System.

In UK on the surface, it looks fair to Asian immigrants.

In my time 60% of the N.H.S (most likely their UNHAPPY descendants are also trapped in the same System) was staffed by Asians. 

In fact we had an Overseas Doctors Association to voice our grievances.

It did not take long for me to realize that I was posted to all the remote places where White (if there were white guys they were Irish by descent) British Guys did not want to work. 

I wanted to work in a University setup and I knew the Universities were exclusively for the British.

I had enough working experience in Ceylon and did not have to learn anything new (In fact-White guys from Germany and Poland- They too were discriminated in the System-).

French dare come to UK! 

These guys were visibly not pleased that they had to learn the basics from an Asian Guy.

I did not enjoy it at all but all my intentions were to hang on till I was eligible for a paltry pension (certainly not the citizenship - it was natural after 6 years of continuous service, one is eligible for resident status, those days) which I had to wrestle a bit with the N.H.S, as an overseas agent.

They actually use the word agent as is in spy agents of 007 of James Bond type.

Now to the crunch point of Ceylon Postal Service which was established by the British in early 1880 to pay the salaries of the expatriates (another technical term in colonial history) has gone to dogs (really termites) with the current UNP/SLPP administration retrenching the postal workers to establish a private commercial venture.

The letter from the Pension Department that I received recently was eaten by termites at the Post Office.

In fact, I had to cut the top margin and spray thinner to kill termite eggs, so that my books are not invaded by them in lss than 3 months.

Going digital is not thew solution.

This is the point Katy Lake should jump on and invest the next two years.

There is “de facto” and “de juro” terminology in government census and election terminology.

I go for, ONLY de facto (at least six months of the working year) guys and girls should be voting. I do not want the guys who come for temporary work status voting in my district.

They should go back to their own residential areas and vote. By doing that one can estimate the mobile population who are like termites, if not mosquitoes who deprive the resources for poor locals. The mosquitoes one can kill in their act of blood sucking but the termites are underground and come out only during mating season. They are the food for the frogs and toads and we have a resident lady frog who comes to devour the termite flies. The male fly I think die after mating and I thank the lady frog for the service she render BUT the Queen of the Termite Colony, I think live for over 100 years.

I have nothing against the ants.

There much versatile and have large soldiers who invariably look after my orchid flowers.

Kary Lake should point out that de facto vote is more important and the postal votes will be attacked by the termites, if they stop counting over weekends and take such a long time to count, them.

It is painful and I thank myself, I am not in America witnessing this saga.

The problem for Ceylon is when the next election round comes nobody would get the 50% of the total vote and they will keep counting the second choice and the third choice and by the time counting is finished 50% of the ballots will be eaten by termites (mind you ants do not eat paper, they have better taste buds) and the lawyers will make representation for termites (environmental issue now).

Just in time, I got an environmental issue interposed in between to highlight the failure of the WHO to curtail Corona Virus pandemic.

I have few more point to dish out.

The mosquitoes is easy.

I thank them for the British leaving this country.

British left not because of Mahatma Gandhi but because of mosquitoes (in Ceylon it was leeches and the wounds the leech bites made got infested).

The malaria mosquitoes do not breed above 2500 feet and that is why most of the governors lived in Nuwara Eliya just above 2500 feet. Leeches do not come out and they are happy (like democratic politicians who do not want to shed their perks, Nancy Pelosy and her husband are classic examples of geriatrics who govern USA, Mitch McConnell is no different ) with one meal once a year.

I have two counts left.

Congratulate to England Team and Ben Stokes (who had a torrid time in the past) for winning another Trophy. Yes cricket belongs to England and not Indian I.P.L (pandemic killed cricket in India and I feel very sorry for Virath Koli. 

Such an elegant player who has no place in this big bash tournaments.

I have now only left with the insect, the crickets.

I planted 10 maize seeds to support RW Rajapaska.

Only two germinated and one plant already showing signs of ill health. Probably the larva is eating up the stem. 

 I do not want the crickets to come and rot the remaining exotic plants in my rooftop garden.

No more germinating maize seeds. 

Only The Corrupt Stay in Politics

Only The Corrupt Stay in Politics

 

I was following the American election with one thing in mind.

Will the Americans (both Democrats and Republicans) change from War Mongering to Peaceful Global Existence?

War is in American blood, the simple answer to the question raised is BIG NO.

 

I come from a country where we fought internecine war brought on by India for 35 odd years and I hate War.

 

The end result is our coffers are empty and we are no better than a sub-Saharan country, while the war mongers pilfered everything out of this country.

 

I think the Corona Virus pandemic was something welcome (low death rate) and ordinary citizens started coming to senses and coming back to basic human values without discrimination.

 

From nowhere America brought a War on Ukraine using a puppet actor. 

  

In our country minority raised against the majority but in Ukraine majority raised against the minority Russians.

 

That did not leave any room for Russia to sit and wait.

 

This War was started by America in 2014 and EU abetting.

Over 50% of the arms delivered to Ukraine is going elsewhere including to African subcontinent.

 

That is the American Design since Senate cannot approve them without oversight.

 

There is bipartisan support to pour in more and more weapons to Ukraine. 

Original idea was regime change in Russia.

For their part Russians did not meddle in US politics.

They knew whichever party comes to power Russo-Phobia will continue. 

 

On the contrary Russia is self sufficient in Oil, Gas, food and Vodka whereas West is reeling with Economic Crisis.

 

Come Winter 2023 Germany, Italy and France are in dire straights.

 

UK is no different and seems to be the worst affected.

 

Coming back to today's topic:

 

Only The Corrupt Stay in Politics

 

I have to refine this statement bit further by saying that the corrupt take up politics and stay in politic for ever.

This is totally against the management policy I used to a talk lot  about, many moons ago, "The Total Quality Management" training to which on a latter day was added the term "Equal Opportunity".

It looks like Quality does not apply to politicians of all colours and shades.

The basic ingredient is corruption.

I used to apply this only to developing countries and it looks like, the West is catching up fast, especially the Americans.

 

Just look at the amount of money the Democratic Governors added to the mid term elections (bills).

They are never accounted for  and they come as donations and free from TAXES.

It is staggering high and they are openly boasting about it.

 

Whereas, the election officials who work over 8 hours are not paid enough to meet their family needs.

 

Of course, they cannot take trade union action to represent their needs.

 

Just giving a few old computers, poorly networked is not going to help. 

Actually the computers are a hindrance.

 

The American system is bizarre.

It takes weeks for the final result to come out.

They have no appetite for simplifying the process.

 

I will highlight only a few.

It takes days and weeks to count the ballot.

That leaves ground for malpractices.

If this method is applied in Ceylon we will have twice the number of registered ballot papers counted in a given polling station.

We know how to engineer elections.

 

We had a President who changed ballot boxes that come from the North of the country and exchanged for new and original ballot boxes (with marked ballot parers) in Air (I mean in helicopters and his security guys saying "Yea Sir" ).

In another event,

 

My father in law who passed away  3 months before the election came back from heaven and voted for a female president (on her second coming).

My father in law who was a teacher in Comparative Religion was so devoted to his duty he even voted as an absentee voter.

 

I was privy to this incident and verified this incident and made a formal complaint (nothing happened).

 

In my case I did not register for 20 years so nobody could steal my vote and worked hard to get the National Identity Card as a prerequisite for getting the ballot paper to vote.

 

By the way, a current MP in parliament and his wife have multiple ID cards.

There are currently about 20 MPs who are ineligible to become a MP due to dual citizenship are enjoying the parliamentary privileges (I call them political prostitutes).

 

The parliamentary secretary who is a Public Servant never checks or verify these facts, even though he is assigned for these jobs.

 

Then there is a Guy who is a total alcoholic and scrounger in parliament. 

For over 30 years he is a list MP.

 

He has the gift of the gab only when he has three times the legal level of alcohol in his blood and he replenishes, it from the parliament bar.

His salary is not enough to pay the alcohol bill and other members pour him enough to get his tongue twisted to the need of the one who pours (other members) the drink (who is unable to speak for self).

With my management skills I can detect all the loopholes in a System of Voting whether paper based or digital.

It is common sense but I won't volunteer the US Government to detect any system faults.

I am totally against the vote in absentia (absentee ballot) for very good reasons unless he or she is working in essential services (really speaking this is also not necessary- one can give half a day break on full pay ) on the day of the election.

 

Equally the elections should be done on day light hours of a non-working (either Sunday or Saturday) day.

 

The bottom line is the process should be simple to administer and it is visible to the voter at the time of the voting. 

In Ceylon we have done all that is required to get the system in order.

Can you guess the final outcome?

The voter interest dropped to 60% from 80%.

 

We love corruption and the moment it is eliminated people lose interest in voting.

 

Our current president lost his seat in the last popular election.

 

He has (list MP by default) devised an ingenious (legally dubious) method to manipulate his entry into the parliament and catapult into becoming the President in 10 days.

 

I do not know what a crime I have done in my previous life to call him our president?

My resolution never to be born again in Ceylon.

The Americans have a lot to learn from our system, I beg them to make it MORE corrupt, so that only the corrupt ascends in power, like in Ceylon.

In that scenario, Democrats are the most corrupt on this planet.

 

That is why they have sent an investigative team to Ukraine, to do weapon inspection.

 

What a bright idea after 9 months of blasts and pilfering? 

Ukraine is second only to America in corrupt arms deals.

America always comes on top or first in corruption.

60% arms are sold in the black market and the Ukrainians want more and more arms and the war to go on for ever.

Americans love war and no diplomacy is needed.

 

In America Diplomacy is Dead Meat and they want live ammunition to hunt each other, preferably in global scale.

 

But Putin does not believe in live rounds, his general believes in "to rain in" rockets, some experimental in design for better one to come in a later time, on the course of events, in the history of this globe.

Thank God, Mid Term Election is almost over

 

Thank God, Mid Term Election is Over

I thank God for turning the clock fast.

I of course slept well better than the pandemic.

It was infectious and the entire family enjoyed it.

I need to make a note about the election, especially in regard to CDC Chairmen who is due to retire in December.

I think he is expecting  a "Golden Handshake" from President Biden.

He should be given nothing at all.

I have written a book on that issue and no need to expand here except deplore the political dimension.

Doctors should never play politics with pandemics.

This virus was an artificial virus, until proven otherwise.

The Chinese Paranoia, explaiins the hidden agenda.

I did a search on the history of Corona Virus, in the 19th Century.

It lasted 60 years and nobody knows how many died.

CDC Chairmen did play politics with the Pandemic.

It lead to fall of Mr. Trump and rise of Biden from nowhere.

Biden did nothing to stem the pandemic but only took the political advantage.

It is shame on "so called democratic values".

I do not carry a brief for Mr.Trump.

He was an outsider to Republican politics but as a shrewd  businessman took advantage.

It was just a freak and unfortunately he does not understand it.

This happened in Ceylon, too and the president and his extended family wanted to create their own Kingdom and Palace.

Nobody knows where they are now with the stolen coffers.

That is how functioning democracy works.

Unfortunately, Americans do not have devises we have in Ceylon including rotten eggs.

We will be using them within two years.

The way the current guy who is taking Maldivian consorts in foreign sojourns  will not be the only trigger for spontaneous onslaught in Ceylon.

Not having a drink of "Pol Arrack" is enough to trigger a revolution in Ceylon.

Unlike Russia USA or America is a young democracy.

It has not yet learned enough lessons in modern history. 

Due to its hegemony and the power of the dollar, it has come this far but come Winter of 2023, it's resources will dwindle, simply because of its War in Ukraine.

Both Democrats and Republicans love War Games.

When it comes to war there is always bipartisan support.

I think only President Trump as a businessman saw it's ills.

He was in the minority and bashing him is the only ploy the democrats have in their armary.

But when the economy gets hit very very soon, they haven't got anybody but themselves to blame.

He opened his arm to Russia and even wanted a Trump Tower in Moscow. 

With Russo-Phobia and economic blackmail West thought they can destroy Russia.

Americans have met their nemesis.

He is called President Putin.

He is just waiting for the EU to collapse in Winter of 2023.

Then America does not have customers to sell their jacked up Oil and Gas.

My guess was collapse come due to Corona Virus but I am proven wrong.

It is total economic crisis in the USA and Europe.

By that time China will be ruling the world not Russia.

China is waiting till Russia becomes weak after a prolong war in Ukraine.

Nobody wins at the end of a War.

American support of the war is also a War Crime.

While this s happening "Mad Guys" is the U.N.O are crying about Global Warming (By the way, they did sweet nothing for over 30 years while, consoling Petroleum Companies of America).

My Design of a Computer Circuit Board

Intel NUC has 24 Cores.
16 Cores for consistency and 8 Cores for efficiency.
What a overcook?

Power consumption is 750 Watts and Temperature of 96 Centigrade.

With Cooler setup OFF one can boil water on top of this box.

The cooler box costs more than the motherboard, I guess.

There are lot of untested coolers which have to fit in with smaller form factor.

In other words the metal box that hold it together.

This advice is to Intel, AMD and especially to mainland Chinese Manufacturers.

I come from the Linux background and Resource Management is the CORE to Linux Philosophy.

One does not need to put all the eggs in one basket.

It is absurd.

If I am designing a motherboard, my layout is simple and specific.

I won't put all the Cores in One Place to avoid overheating and fire hazards.
In other words I would not stack them one on top of a another.

They together heat up the system to boiling point and once it reaches this boiling point, one needs a Water Cooler.

My maximum is 4 Cores placed in four corners of the motherboard, so the heat generated is evenly distributed.

I would use 4 smaller cooling units or fans that switches on and off in a  sequential order so that air flow in one direction, sideways and upwards (it cannot flow downward).

I am using my simple physics here not advanced computer technology.

More power does not mean better performance.

The efficiency of an average car is 40% and 60% is wasted as inertia.

I think a computer should be able to better this 40% barrier better.

It is not.

Two Cores are enough for me.

Basic Core is for the functionality of the motherboard where system components are activated in idle mode with throttling up to the need (for example power game) of the individual applications.

The second core is for the user designed overload or hyperfunctionality.

An average computer user can play one game at a time and that functionality should be dedicated to his or her requirements where threads can be used, reused as desired depending on the user.

There is another utility in Linux called swap space where pages can be loaded and off loaded.

I think this requirements is waning off due to modern graphic cards.

But in my case, I use twice the capacity of the RAM by default for SWAP partition.

Ultimately everything is RUN on the RAM.

If the RAM is as low as 4GB, the functionality dips.

DDR 5 is not time tested and won't work on 4 slots at present without change in BIOS.

In anyway it is a waste of money at this point of time.

I won't  waste time on Graphic Cards except saying that, it is the one that heats up and eventually burn out, if it's speed is not finely tuned with the CPU.

Our brain can detect only 36 fps and anything bigger is interpreted as movement.

Our physiology is primitive and very limited and out of millions of colour shades in computer video we can barely distinguish 256 colour shades.

What I do with the two extra CORES.

Simple.

I will use them for Server Function in transferring DATA out to the Internet and Cloud.

They do not work effectively, to help the Graphic Card blow outs.

That is the gamers ultimate desire.

So spending money on fancy stuff may become counter productive.

Best option is to wait till the market settles to new norms.

One need not burn one's computer by wrong configuration.

One should leave the Linux distribution to do it's own homework and choose a Linux distribution dedicated for gaming.

Linus Torvalds should do some pioneering work on this, so that the user can enjoy the gaming experience.

The gamers instead of fiddling with the computer, should give his or her feedback to the game developers (the games they wish to play and where upgrading and refinement are needed).

I am too old to play versatile games but Bridge is my basic game and Water Sort is my recent Discovery.

I want to see an End to the Unipolar World

The Republican's  Come Back in  mid  term election is NOT a solution to the current Unipolar World system dominated by American Hegemony.

A course correction is essential for the rest of the world.

American's war mentality is failing (without checks and balances) and the uncertainty continue to prevail in American politics.

Isolating Russia in the world stage has already backfired.

The EU is failing behind the economic collapse of the Western World.

That does not mean I support President Putin's destruction of Ukraine.

Any possibilty of dialogue would become non existent.

Simply because of the American political intransigence.

It will be one way traffic.

The war mentality would remain in this world.

The poor are becoming very vulnerable and absolutely poor.

Round Up of American Political Failures

This should be rephrased Democrat's Political Failures but amounts to American's Failure, since Democrats are in power.

Not for long in power, since they will be routed in mid term elections, both in  House and Senate.

Number one Democrats have NO Think Tank.

The role of think tank is replaced by ragtag neoconservatives of ill repute.

They have become part of an extension of the MIC or Military Industrial Complex while promising no Wars would be Fought by Americans, outside its borders.

1. Who is pouring weapons to Ukraine?

2. Have the Ukrainians gain a decisive Win?

3. Are the weapons sold outside the conflict zone?

4. Is Poland stockpiling weapons meant for Ukraine, since nothing is coming from EU?

5. Have Americans got a windfall after blasting the Gas Pipeline with the help the of covert UK operators?

6. Is Russia becoming weaker economically?

7. Above all, Do Democrats have credible diplomats to weather the international condemnation?

8. What has happened to British (and BBC) who used to claim themselves as independent observers, who are now involved in covert SORDID operations, in Ukraine at the behest of American Neoconservatives?

9. Is French becoming totally incompetent in geopolitics with Macron's popularity waning day by day?

10. What has happened to Germans who cannot face Russian, Head On but going behind China to beg negotiations with Russia?

Biden or his party cannot answer any of the questions raised above and the Regime Change in Reverse Order would inevitably, happen in America.

That is my prediction.

The trap one lays for others traps the plotters themselves.

This has happened in modern history.

History repeats itself but in reverse order.

Bury Biden is Putin's Goal Democratically

I think President Putin will Lawfully and Democratically Bury Biden along with neoconservative allies.

He is the worst American President and his son's involvement in Barisma Deal is the proof of the pudding.

The average Americans will choose Republican majority in the House and Senate in mid term elections.

That is why I say it is lawful and democratic.

If poor Americans are feeding from the dustbin leftovers, could it it get any worse under Democratic Administration?

Writing is on the wall for them, as it were.

Besides, British covert attacks on pipe line and grain movement in Baltics making the dead (more will die of hunger) and cold  Winter the Worst in, British History, much worse than the Winter of Discontent, in 1979.

That is why they elected Rishi Sunak as a scapegoat of some sort to hide behind their diplomatic failures.

Elections won't solve any of British ills.

The labour might do worse.

I saw it then in UK then and I am glad I am not in Britain (or USA), currently.

By the way, food situation in Ceylon is worse than Sirima and NM time.

Nothing left in the coffers and refusing Russian food aid was a foolish political gimmick by our politicians.

Their days are numbered and we are sitting on a political time bomb.

On the battle ground it not a politician but a battle  hardened Soora Viki who is calling the shots.

He is known to rain in rockets until total submission and that might probably end the war.

EU for its own rhetoric will breakdown eventually.

What a turnaround in geopolitics?

Worse is yet to come and that is the scenario of WW III.

Few drones will not change the outcome.

It only a dress rehearsal.

That is what happens when media are allowed a free (CNN and Fox News) ride on total battle ground disinformation.

By the way, saga of Nancy Pelosy's husband (without facts of evidence) is a CIA ploy to discredit both Nancy and CIA in one go.

Politics work in strange ways in USA under Democrats.

Sit and enjoy watching politics in America.

It is not jealousy of Putin but Paranoia that will poison everything including politics and economics.